On the heels of the criticism leveled against Stonewall's portrayal of a pivotal moment in the gay rights movement, GLAAD has launched a campaign calling out Hollywood for putting the LGBT community in a consistently negative light.
GLAAD premiered a video compilation Thursday highlighting several instances of homophobic slurs, jokes and violence in mainstream films over the past five years, part of its "Hollywood Must Do Better" campaign. The reel cites examples from films including The Wolf of Wall Street, Ted, and The Other Woman.
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“We’re still the butt of the joke,” Sarah Kate Ellis, CEO and president of GLAAD, told Variety. “We’re still infrequently seen and when we are seen, it’s in a negative light.”
GLAAD's 2015 Studio Responsibility Index (SRI) -- used to track the quality and quantity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) representations in mainstream Hollywood film -- found that the situation was still dire for the LGBT community.
Out of over 100 films that GLAAD tracked, only 17.5% included depictions of LGBT characters -- and they tended to be minor roles.
“When jokes are made at the expense of a marginalized group, it creates a dangerous environment,” Ellis told Variety. “This isn’t about being the PC police. It’s about creating a safe environment.”